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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Turkish Cypriots: Solidarity tinged with relief

People are seen on the Venice Wall that surrounds the old city, gathering during a Cyprus Aid concert in capital Nicosia, Monday, April 1, 2013. Thousands of people attended a charity concert in Nicosia on Monday designed to help the needy at a time of 15 percent unemployment. Some 50 Greek and Cypriot artists were to perform at theevent at the moat beneath the medieval walls surrounding the old part of the capital. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Barbed wire-topped walls stretch across the narrow, twisted streets of Nicosia's walled medieval city, where abandoned buildings extend across a no-man's land. On the other side, Turkish Cypriots have been watching with fascination — and consternation — as the economy of their long prosperous southern neighbors implodes.



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